YA Books Central | Jennilyn | Activity https://yabookscentral.com/members/rurouni-jenni/activity/ Activity feed for Jennilyn. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:35:32 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0645d18338cab9f0852a043e6f8e3fd6 Jennilyn added LIFEL1K3 to Young Adult Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/75421/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:51:08 -0500
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May 29, 2018
]]> 0 9449e2340434c83e428764ae07a7a847 Jennilyn added The History of Jane Doe to Young Adult Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/75420/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:51:08 -0500
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June 05, 2018
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]]> 0 0b7a0c2bc3eb612a676ef1305fe640b0 Jennilyn added The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik to Young Adult Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/75398/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:51:00 -0500
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May 22, 2018
]]> 0 a43f8cf51e49e66384ddd1a53d2a350a Jennilyn posted an update: The History of Jane Doe by Michael Belanger I want to love […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/18365/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:05:15 -0400 The History of Jane Doe by Michael Belanger
I want to love “The History of Jane” because I felt the sincerity of the author to say something about loss, grief, guilt, and mental health, but that earnestness does not quite translate into a story that will make me care about it for a long while.

I am not saying that I did not enjoy reading it bec…Read more

]]> 0 2abfcd6c3001a87615a9fa49ab45842b Jennilyn posted an update: LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff Writing: The dialogues are mostly […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/18364/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:02:28 -0400 LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff
Writing:
The dialogues are mostly street slang but the book is also jazzed with something lyrical here and there.

Alliterations: “Because beneath the bravado and bluster…”, “whispering winds”, “grit and glass”

Rhymes: “dust and rust”, “stronger together, together, forever”

The ghetto talk and the poetic prose meld i…Read more

]]> 0 ec364515fa06a4010c2c86a69f2a09a4 Jennilyn posted an update: Always Forever Maybe by Anica Mrose Riss Looming […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/18358/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 01:10:31 -0400 Always Forever Maybe by Anica Mrose Riss
Looming trepidation
I find the Goodreads synopsis somewhat giving away too much plot. Even the first chapter is kinda spoilery. But there is a reason for that. It‘s because “Always Forever Maybe” is not your regular contemporary romantic YA. It’s more of a cautionary tale that not all meet-cutes lead to…Read more

]]> 0 d1c69fa13d1c300ff91362a2817e8a46 Jennilyn posted an update: Neanderthal Opens The Door To The Universe by Preston […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/18220/ Fri, 11 May 2018 16:46:53 -0400 Neanderthal Opens The Door To The Universe by Preston Norton
In a galaxy far, far away, Admiral Ackbar is happily holding an advance copy of “Neanderthal Opens The Door To The Universe” by Preston Norton, exclaiming, “It’s a trap!” A good kind of trap tho ‘coz this book, you guys, is addicting. I started reading and planned on finishing i…Read more

]]> 0 fa0265c72a256e725bc777f8188b23d1 Jennilyn posted an update: Review: The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/18198/ Mon, 07 May 2018 17:24:21 -0400 Review: The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David Arnold
Reading the book is like looking at an abstract painting where I can appreciate the beauty of the art but I can’t exactly pinpoint what I am looking at or what’s the artist trying to convey. It’s trippy with a dose of weird and I was pulled into it page by page.

Noah’s concise…Read more

]]> 0 5b73043269055a52b2ec3d2d2ac3e5ff Jennilyn posted an update: What To Say Next by Julie Buxbaum I had fun meeting both […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/18194/ Mon, 07 May 2018 04:54:12 -0400 What To Say Next by Julie Buxbaum
I had fun meeting both David and Kit and I cannot wait to get the chance to re-read the book again. I guess the core magic of Julie Buxbaum’s books is that they compel you to reading them repeatedly with her effortlessly lovable characters. They have this light and easy air for such characters dealing with deep a…Read more

]]> 0 fc15430f428ddc6c65edbcb132c2c324 Jennilyn posted an update: Review: Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum It all began […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/18193/ Mon, 07 May 2018 04:49:17 -0400 Review: Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
It all began with an email from SN offering guidance to our heroine Jessie Holmes in navigating the jungle that is Wood Valley High School. SN claims that for Jessie this place and these people are all new, but since he has spent all his life there, he is an expert. Jessie is the new kid in town who…Read more

]]> 0 4dc5d45aa9eccb92227389bdb51bfb3c Jennilyn posted an update: Tell Me Three Things What if the person you need the most is […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/18192/ Mon, 07 May 2018 04:43:45 -0400 Tell Me Three Things
What if the person you need the most is someone you’ve never met? Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week of junior year at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Just when she’s thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a perso…Read more

]]> 0 8b4f8d8d087caeb2baf585d78a7ac6fb Jennilyn posted an update: Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All The tragic […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/18191/ Mon, 07 May 2018 04:40:12 -0400 Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
The tragic lives of Henry VIII and his six wives are reimagined by seven acclaimed and bestselling authors in this riveting novel, perfect for fans of Wolf Hall and Netflix’s The Crown. He was King Henry VIII, a charismatic and extravagant ruler obsessed with both his power as king and with siring a…Read more

]]> 0 a569aa37d5653bfdd0783c8e2faf979a Jennilyn posted an update: Review: Fatal Throne by Candace Fleming et al. “Fatal T […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/18190/ Mon, 07 May 2018 04:39:32 -0400 Review: Fatal Throne by Candace Fleming et al.
“Fatal Throne” chronicles the six wives of England’s King Henry VIII. Each queen had a part narrating in first person point of view. Right after each queens’ parts are King Henry’s sort of rebuttal thoughts about each queen. Full disclosure: I didn’t know much about Henry VIII and his wives until…Read more

]]> 0 a409fe9b7f9aa59ab81b8618bf94a2fe Jennilyn posted an update: Fatal Throne This is a collection of short stories told from […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/18189/ Mon, 07 May 2018 04:35:34 -0400 Fatal Throne
This is a collection of short stories told from the point of view of the wives of King Henry VIII. Each wife shares her take of what it was like to live with King Henry VIII from the beginning to the very end. Intriguing insight in the royal life with the famous Tudor king. Each story is told by an YA author. The stories are engaging…Read more

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